Terahertz two-photon quantum well infrared photodetector

Opt Express. 2009 Jul 20;17(15):12279-84. doi: 10.1364/oe.17.012279.

Abstract

A two-photon detector based on intersubband transitions in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wells operating in the Terahertz regime below the Reststrahlenband is reported. Resonantly enhanced optical nonlinearities enables sensitive quadratic detection at pJ pulse energies. We demonstrate its use in a quadratic autocorrelator for far-infrared picosecond pulses at around 7 THz.

MeSH terms

  • Electrons
  • Interferometry / methods
  • Lasers
  • Models, Theoretical
  • Optics and Photonics*
  • Photons
  • Physics / methods
  • Quantum Theory
  • Semiconductors
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Time Factors